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Dick Whistler's Tramp
by Evelyn Everett-Green
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dick Whistler's Tramp by Evelyn Everett-Green
Hardback, undated but circa 1891 (contains gift inscription from that year and that appears to be the year of publication, so possible first edition), illustrated, published by The Religious Tract Society, London, 159 pages +16-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/8" by 3/4". Grey cloth binding, pictorial front board, gilt and black lettering to front board and spine. Marking and scuffing to binding. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Slightly bumped corners. Book has slight forward tilt. Some slackness to binding but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed, a little foxed and marked. Patterned endpapers, a little marking, gift inscription to verso of front free endpaper, which also contains a tear. Marking from ink on FFEP to next endpaper. Some marking to page surfaces but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-643
- Title
- Dick Whistler's Tramp
- Author
- Evelyn Everett-Green
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- Circa 1891
- Pages
- 159+
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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